BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Session events Calendar//IBA//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260415T003305Z DTSTART:20231101T083000Z DTEND:20231101T094500Z SUMMARY:Morning Keynote Address: Senior Vice President and General Counse l of the World Bank Group\, Christopher Stephens DESCRIPTION:The IBA Annual Conference in Paris\, France\, will begin each day with a keynote address\, followed by a question-and-answer session with the speaker.\n\nChristopher Stephens is Senior Vice President and G eneral Counsel of the World Bank Group. He oversees the World Bank’s Leg al Vice Presidency (LEG) consisting of approximately 200 professionals l ocated around the world. He is responsible for overall coordination and support on legal aspects of the Operational Activities of the World Bank \, including lending\, advisory services\, country engagement\, operatio nal policies\, development finance\, trust funds and partnerships\, and sanctions and anti-corruption. He is also responsible for legal aspects of the corporate finance functions related to financial risk\, financial reporting\, treasury functions\, capital markets issuances\, and asset management\, and provides legal advice on human resources\, procurement\ , information technology\, ethics and external affairs.\n\nMr. Stephens is the principal advisor to the Board of Governors\, the Executive Direc tors\, the World Bank Group President\, and other members of the Senior Management Team on matters of law and policy.\n\nPrior to his appointmen t\, Mr. Stephens was Vice President and General Counsel of International Finance Corporation\, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group\, since September 2019. Prior to that\, he was General Counsel of the Asia n Development Bank (ADB) and Managing Partner for Asia and a member of t he Management Committee of U.S. law firm Orrick\, Herrington &\; Sutc liffe.\n\nMr. Stephens has a BA degree from Colgate University and a Jur is Doctor degree from New York Law School.\n LOCATION:Room AMPHITHEATRE HAVANE\, Level 3 UID:4309fb87-d6b3-4922-a51d-865c6fce490f END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR